But breaking tonight, we first told you about this last night. But now at least 36 people are dead and thousands are fleeing their homes as i will wildfires sweep across the Hawaiian Island of maui. The flames have forced some adults and children to literally run into the ocean to avoid blaze. This is a disaster of historic proportions for the island state. President biden is promising immediately help for those affected. And the u. S. Military is assisting in the response. Some historic areas have been totally destroyed. National correspondent William La Jeunesse joins us now from outside a shelter on maui. Good evening, william. Good evening, bret. You know, the fires are still burning. So this remains a Search And Rescue operation. In fact, were told a number of individuals are still up in lahaina. They survived the fire but they dont want to leave because they wont get back. In the video i want to show you is from lahaina. Thats the commercial heart of this island and it was litera
of their son. we re going to talk to evan gershkovich s freshman year college roommate in just a few minutes. we ll talk about the person he calls a, quote, exceptional friend and journalist. plus, we have breaking news to share. the man accused of shooting and killing 23 people at an el paso, texas, walmart in 2019 has just been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences on federal charges and that is just his first round of sentencing. we re going to have the very latest for you any moment when we get our nbc news reporter who s there on site for us. we begin this hour at the site where republican primary race begins, that being iowa. right now former president donald trump is hitting the campaign trail in council bluffs as he continues to campaign and fund-raise. the republican leader writing in a lengthy statement last night that the doj is going after him and claiming that special counsel jack smith, quote, purposefully omitted the presidential records act. are quote,
from the fbi systems. but, in the new unredacted memo, underneath the black marks, the fbi portland and los angeles field offices. it he can be as aghast as he wants to be but it sure looks like now much broader than the richmond field office. the fbi is defending its leader writing director wray s testimony on this matter has been accurate and consistent. while the document referred to information from other field office investigations, of racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist subjects, that does not change the fact the product was produced by a single office. and house judiciary chairman jim jordan has been going back and weeks with the fbi, really months to try to get. they has given the fbi director until august 23rd to answer a series of questions and explain the role of additional bureaus in this document, bret. bret: what potentially is next. the potential is to hold wray in contempt of congress. this is something that he has threatened for several month
of their son. we re going to talk to evan gershkovich s freshman year college roommate in just a few minutes. we ll talk about the person he calls a, quote, exceptional friend and journalist. plus, we have breaking news to share. the man accused of shooting and killing 23 people at an el paso, texas, walmart in 2019 has just been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences on federal charges and that is just his first round of sentencing. we re going to have the very latest for you any moment when we get our nbc news reporter who s there on site for us. we begin this hour at the site where republican primary race begins, that being iowa. right now former president donald trump is hitting the campaign trail in council bluffs as he continues to campaign and fund-raise. the republican leader writing in a lengthy statement last night that the doj is going after him and claiming that special
on it. trump tweet youing i hope they don t get lead down the path of weak and ineffective 3w0rder security. a handful of republican senators seem willing to buck their baertbaer party s leader writing while he supports security he would support the emergency saying i cannot justify providing with more ways to bypass congress. he is joined by saw san collins who are planning to vote against the president. only four republicans will need to break ranks and vote with democrats in order for it to pass in the senate. more republican away from deflecting the president s move likely prorpting the president to use the first veto of his presidency. it is an uphill climb to override any veto not just this one. we ll keep fighting. i m hopeful. republican leaders today are confident the rebuke ends there